The Court held that Wilk's decision to leave the safety of the path, and proceed down the icy slope to retrieve the dog, interrupted the alleged chain of causation and was an intervening act: «Given this voluntary, intervening act, Mr. Arbour's alleged negligence was not the proximate cause of Ms. Wilk's injury.» (samislaw.com)
It must of necessity be a multifarious world, a world with many patterns, and plots and chains of causation existing side - by - side, occasionally impinging on each other and intersecting each other and throwing each other off course. (faith.org.uk)
«Tina Grotzer's outstanding scholarship focuses on how students understand scientific concepts and processes, and, especially, complex chains of causation — a major component of modern science,» said Dean Kathleen McCartney. (gse.harvard.edu)